Sine

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Sine was a precolonial Serer kingdom in what is now Senegal, known for its rich Serer culture, religious traditions, and resistance to Islamic and later French expansion.

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Label Occurrences
Sine canonical 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Serer kingdom
precolonial kingdom
capital Diakhao
continent Africa
culturalRegion Petite Côte
economy agriculture
fishing
regional trade
salt extraction
ethnicGroup Serer people
governmentType monarchy
hasCulturalPractice Serer initiation rites
Serer pangool veneration
Serer rainmaking rituals
Serer royal funerary rites
hasDynasty Gelwaar dynasty
hasEthnonym Serer
surface form: Serer of Sine
hasSocialInstitution Serer laman class
council of nobles
religious saltigues (Serer priest-diviners)
hasSymbol Serer royal regalia
historicalEra early modern period
precolonial period
knownFor maritime trade along the Petite Côte
preservation of Serer culture
resistance to French colonial expansion
resistance to Islamization
salt and grain production
strong Serer religious institutions
language Serer-Sine language
locatedIn Senegal
Senegambia
maintained indigenous Serer religious hierarchy
neighboringEntity Kingdom of Baol
Jolof Kingdoms
surface form: Kingdom of Jolof

Kingdom of Saloum
partOf Serer country
Serer kingdoms of Sine and Saloum
politicalStructure centralized monarchy with provincial chiefs
religion Roog-centric cosmology
Serer ancestral cults
Serer religion
resisted 19th-century Muslim marabout states
French colonial conquest
Islamic jihads in Senegambia
rulerTitle Maad a Sinig

Referenced by (5)

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Wolof Empire followedBy Sine
Baol borderedBy Sine
Cayor neighboringEntity Sine
Jolof Kingdoms hasPart Sine